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I Am Not Ashamed (But You Should Be)

12 days ago 118.1K views 0 shares

The evolution of debugging tactics is a beautiful, painful journey. Junior devs proudly announcing they debug with console logs like it's revolutionary technology, while senior devs—who've suffered through enough production fires to develop a thousand-yard stare—know that proper logging is just the beginning. After your fifth 2AM incident caused by insufficient diagnostics, you too will develop strong opinions about structured logging, tracing, and monitoring. The shame isn't using console.log—it's thinking that's enough.

No Need To Panic Everyone

Debugging Devops Programming Backend

21 days ago 119.9K views 0 shares

Standing calmly while your code is literally exploding behind you is the ultimate developer power move. "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" I say smugly, as the entire codebase bursts into flames. The disconnect between my serene debugging advice and the absolute catastrophe unfolding is just *chef's kiss*. Meanwhile, production servers are doing backflips like they're auditioning for Cirque du Soleil. But hey, at least I've mastered the art of looking completely unfazed while everything burns to the ground. It's not a bug, it's an unplanned demolition feature.

Holy Debugging: When Code Needs An Exorcism

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25 days ago 178.2K views 0 shares

Holy Debugging: When Code Needs An Exorcism

When your server demons are so unruly that divine intervention is the only option left. Nothing says "we've reached a new level of desperation" quite like a priest with a broom performing an exorcism on your Linux server. The command at the bottom ( etc/init.d/daemon stop ) is the technical equivalent of "begone, unholy bugs!" — except with a 50% success rate at best. The other 50%? That's when you start considering a career change to something less haunted, like ghost hunting.

Bugs Training Class: The Secret Enemy Academy

Debugging Programming Testing Frontend Backend

1 month ago 104.9K views 0 shares

Bugs Training Class: The Secret Enemy Academy

So this is why my code breaks in production. Turns out bugs aren't just randomly appearing—they're being strategically trained to give wrong answers and crash systems. That cockroach teacher asking "what is 2+4?" and getting "5," "9," and "8" as answers isn't incompetence—it's a feature! By the third panel, they've mastered the art of being consistently wrong and are ready for their mission: total programmer destruction. No wonder my perfectly working code suddenly can't do basic math in production. These little monsters have been preparing for this their whole lives.

If You Don't Know The Problem, There's No Problem

Debugging Devops Agile Programming Testing

1 month ago 87.5K views 0 shares

If You Don't Know The Problem, There's No Problem

Four people casually strolling over a bridge, completely oblivious to the massive tiger labeled "Bug" lurking underneath. The programmer coded it, the tester failed to find it, the analyzer didn't analyze it, and the manager is just happy no one's complaining. Classic software development lifecycle where critical issues hide in plain sight while everyone marches forward with blissful ignorance. Ship it to production, what could possibly go wrong?

I Will Debug Your Code

Debugging Git Programming

2 months ago 123.6K views 0 shares

Trust me, that cat isn't offering debugging help - it's plotting to introduce new bugs. Those wide eyes aren't curiosity, they're calculating exactly how many semicolons to delete from your codebase while you're getting coffee. The sign might say "don't let the cat out," but what it should really say is "don't let the cat near your Git repository." That innocent "I will debug your code" note is the feline equivalent of a phishing scam. Next thing you know, you'll have 47 merge conflicts and your production server will be mining cryptocurrency for Fancy Feast.

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Backend Devops Programming Debugging Databases

2 months ago 108.7K views 0 shares

That moment when your janky prototype suddenly becomes "production-ready" because marketing did their job too well. Your spaghetti code that barely handled 10 concurrent users is now facing the wrath of 10,000. Time to frantically Google "how to scale horizontally at 3 AM" while the servers melt down and your phone won't stop buzzing with alerts. The classic developer prayer: "Dear CPU gods, please hold on until I can refactor this nightmare."

This Little Refactor Is Going To Cost Us 51 Years

Programming Devops Debugging Testing Backend

2 months ago 108.3K views 1 shares

This Little Refactor Is Going To Cost Us 51 Years

Ever watched a senior dev casually say "Let me just refactor this real quick" before plunging into the depths of legacy code? It's like watching an Olympic diver gracefully leap off the platform only to discover the pool below is actually a portal to hell itself. What starts as a "simple 15-minute fix" transforms into an archaeological expedition through 12 years of technical debt, undocumented dependencies, and code comments like "TODO: fix this before 2014 release." The flames at the bottom? That's the production server after discovering that seemingly unused function was actually keeping the entire authentication system alive. Whoops!

QA Engineer Walks Into A Bar

Testing Programming Debugging Frontend Backend

2 months ago 162.9K views 0 shares

The QA engineer methodically breaks the system by testing edge cases - a normal order, zero orders, integer overflow, nonsensical inputs like "lizard" and negative numbers, and even random keyboard smashing. Meanwhile, the actual user ignores all the carefully tested functionality and immediately asks about something nobody thought to test. Classic. The system promptly self-destructs. And this, friends, is why we can't have nice things in production.

Read-Only Friday: When Bugs Attack

Programming Devops Agile Debugging Testing

3 months ago 130.6K views 1 shares

The unwritten law of software development: Friday is sacred ground where no code shall be deployed. Yet there they are—the bugs—armed and ready to ruin your weekend plans like some skeletal terminator from your coding nightmares. Every developer knows the existential dread of that Slack notification at 4:30 PM on Friday. "Hey, just a quick fix needed in production." And suddenly you're huddled in the corner, praying to the git gods that your emergency hotfix doesn't cascade into a weekend-consuming disaster. The irony? The more desperately you want that read-only Friday, the more aggressively the bugs seem to materialize. It's like they can smell your weekend plans.

The 2 AM SQL Nightmare

Databases Devops Programming Debugging Backend

3 months ago 127.1K views 1 shares

The ABSOLUTE HORROR of fixing production database issues at 2 AM with zero documentation! 😱 Those bloodshot eyes aren't just tired—they're the windows to a soul that's been utterly DESTROYED by some random developer's "clever" SQL query that worked "just fine on my machine." Your eyeballs have transcended mere substances—they've reached a new plane of existence that even cocaine users would find concerning. Who needs sleep when you're frantically trying to understand why someone thought it was a brilliant idea to use 17 nested JOINs without a single comment?! The database is bleeding, your sanity is evaporating, and tomorrow's standup is in 5 hours. But hey, at least you'll have a fascinating story about how you saved the company while looking like you crawled out of a zombie apocalypse!

The Eternal Cat And Mouse Debugging Game

Debugging Programming Testing

3 months ago 102.3K views 0 shares

The Eternal Cat And Mouse Debugging Game

The eternal cat and mouse game between developers and bugs. You spend hours wielding your debugging tools like Tom with his frying pan, confident you're about to smash that elusive issue... only for the bug to dance just out of reach with that smug Jerry smile. Ten breakpoints, five console.log statements, and three energy drinks later, you're still swinging at air while the bug practically waves at you from production. The worst part? It'll probably disappear the moment your senior dev walks by, then reappear as soon as they leave.

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